Marks & Spencer Aubergine (EP)

Here is yet another impossible-to-capture colour, I’m starting to think maybe it’s my camera. Or my eyes. Anyway, this gorgeous shimmer is a very deep magenta-ish base, with red and gold shimmer. The gold is more apparent in the bottle while the red is more so on the nail.

I used to have this polish years ago with the old M&S; nail polish line, and I absolutely loved it then. The colour now is a little bit more red than I remember but still very similar which I love, because my old bottle dried right up.

This shade is at 2 coats. The chipping/sheet marks you can see is actually due to the dire state of my bare nails rather than the chip-ability of the polish, but I’m chopping them down tonight as I have work experience in a hospital for the next two days.

I absolutely love this shade. I first bought it when I was going through a dark clothing phase because I’ve never liked plain black polish, I just find it looks cheap and tatty on me. This was suitably dark and vampy for me and still is, I can’t tell you how flattering it is on my skintone and makes my fingers look longer and slimmer… I love it 😀 It feels very classy.

The shimmer isn’t as visible unless in direct light or sunlight but that hasn’t been a problem thanks to all the gorgeous sun we’ve been having 🙂 Dry-time again was fab (a little slower than the other polishes but still quicker than the likes of Barry M etc, probably more comparable to Nails Inc.) The formula was a little on the thick side but wasn’t an issue and didn’t drag sooo….

How are you all? I hope things are going well for everyone, I’m about to go and do some more revision but I must conclude with this post that I would definitely recommend the M&S; polishes because they are fabulous quality, and largely because (as mentioned before) they are certified Cruelty-Free by the BUAV, so if you want guilt-free polishing this is the brand for you 😉

Emma xxx